Prevalence of surgical-site infections and patterns of antimicrobial use in a large tertiary-care hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 382-387

  Sohn, Annette H ^a,b   Parvez, Farah M ^a,b   Vu, Tien ^a   Hai, Hoang H ^c   Bich, Nguyen N ^c   Thu, Le Thi A ^c   Hoa, Le Thi T ^c   Thanh, Nguyen H ^c   Viet, Truong V ^c   Archibald, Lennox K ^a   Banerjee, Shailen N ^a   Jarvis, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CHO RAY HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMINOPENICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD; VIET NAM; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036320511     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502070     Document Type: Article

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